GENUINE PROGRESS SPEAKERS' SERIES 2009
Genuine Progress Index Pacific is pleased to present the third of a five-part Speaker Series to examine value from the GPI perspective. All lectures are located at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver BC. All are free and start at 7 pm.
The Value of Simplicity
Cecile Andrews - Author of The Circle of Simplicity
Monday, May 11, 7- 9 pm
Free Public Lecture, Alma van Dusen Room
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, 300 West Georgia
Cecile Andrews is the author of The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life, and Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre, and the forthcoming Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, Caring Economy, and Lasting Happiness. She has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University where she received her doctorate in education. A former community college administrator, she now works with community groups to explore the issue of living lives that are sustainable, just, and joyful.